Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-09-16

late for this issue; will appear next
week.
Read our "for sale" column an6
watch our markets each week. i
will make you money.
Wedding invitations are out fol
the marriage of Miss Mamie
Sharp. She will be married Sept
Odd, to Mr.. Simpson, of Chicago
Parties desiring 1000 mile
tickets on the Wabash, can pro-
cure them at Kirksville depot for
s25. One year limit.
Though reported out of town
c. W. Dunlap is here and doing
an immense hardware business on
the east side. Call and see him.
Potatoes have brought good
prices this week, lively competi-
ton among buyers running them
up to 60 cts per bushel for choice
lots.
Round trip tickets via the Wa
bash Western to st. Louis exposi-
hon $40, to the G. A. r. encqmp-
ment 500. This is the only line
running free chair cars.
Ely brothers of Polk township
threshed 1851 bushels of wheat
last week. They will SOW this fall
two hundred acres, and now have
the ground all ready for the seed
ing.
LaPlata's first annual stock ex-
hibit and races, will take place
Sept. 10Th, 1887. AS LaPlata is
located in the center of fne-stock
district, we do not doubt but the
exhibit will be a good one.
We were shown some photo
graphic back grounds this week,
that were painted by Freddie, the
thirteen year old son of J. W.
Tinsman. These were his first at
tempt at this kind of work, and he
bids fair to soon rival the genius
of his father.
Little Frank, son Of d. H
Thrasher, while playing in the
yard of Oscar Patterson, Sunday
afternoon received a dangerous
kick from a horse, which was feed
ing in the yard. Fortunately the
horse was not shod or he would
have been killed outright.
Our correspondent "oyer the
river" has kindly prepared an
estimate of all the small grain
grown in his neighborhood this
season, which will appear next
week. We would be pleased tc
have a like estimate from every
neighborhood in the county.
At a meeting of the School
Board, last Thursday evening
Prof. ID. T. Gentry, brother of oul
Prof. Gentry of the Normal, wa:
elected principal of the Kirksville
schools. Mrs. Fannie E. Mummi
was also reelected to a position
in the schools.
Parties purchasing tickets to st
Louis and return during the G. A
r. encampment, can procure rount
trip excursion tickets from st
Louis to points in Illinois, Indi
ana, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsyl
vania, at one fair for the rount
trip, tickets good to return to st
Louis until Oct. 81, 1887.
Mrs. j. NJ. DeGrange who wa
bitten by a rattle snake last weel
mention of which was made in las
issue of Graphic, died last Frida,
and was buried the following da.
at Greentop. The bite was not til
immediate cause of death, blu
other complications arose whicl
were beyond the control of tn
physician.
Messrs L. Lorton and L. Boz
ing left very fine samples of cor
at this Office last week. MIR. Lol
toms was sod corn, the stalk
measuring fourteen feet and tw
inches, with very fine ears seve
feet eight inches from th
ground. Mr.. Behring'S sample
measured fourteen and a half fee
and nine inches to the ear. NJ
Fl. Mason also left the finest san
pie of corn at this Office, this weel
that we have ever seen.
Messrs Russell and Burklein {
Bowling Greene, have verbal
contracted for the Coop buildiI
and will use same for their mi
building for the present. The
Will begin at once to ship the
machinery to this place, and e
pect to be ready for grinding
Dec. 1rst. The mill is to have
capacity of SO barrels per day, al
will do both custom and mercha
work of the very best quality.